143 results for “adjustment disorder”
41y · Male·Effects of Fire
… himself and his car. He was discharged on 19 July 2011 after psychiatric assessment concluded he had an adjustment disorder, with plans for GP follow-up and drug rehabilitation referral. Two days later, he purchased pet…
20y · Female·injury caused by hanging
A 20-year-old woman with a long history of eating disorder, obsessive-compulsive behaviours, and adjustment difficulties died by suicide in October 2009. She had re…
27y · Male·traumatic injuries and/or drowning from jumping from Tasman Bridge
…fter jumping from Tasman Bridge. He had a complex psychiatric history including depression, anxiety, and adjustment disorder, with multiple self-harm episodes. His second psychiatric hospital admission for treatment-resi…
43y · Male·complications of thermal injuries
A 43-year-old man with a history of workplace injury, financial stress, and social isolation attended a workers compensation office in Newcastle carrying mineral turpentine and a cigarette lighter. After about 23 minutes…
56y · Male·Asphyxia
…xiation when he intentionally placed a plastic bag over his head on 16 January 2010. He had a history of adjustment disorder with anxiety and depression, was under psychiatric care, and had previously attempted suicide. …
20y · Female·injuries received from a fall from the viewing platform at Perriwen Lookout at M…
…ay 2005 expressing suicidal ideation. She was admitted to the psychiatric ward with initial diagnosis of adjustment disorder with depressed mood and anxiety. On 20 May 2005, she showed objective clinical improvement: app…
59y · Female·Global hypoxic brain injury due to mixed drug toxicity, specifically alprazolam …
A 59-year-old woman with a 30-year history of alprazolam dependence for anxiety disorder died from global hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest caused by mixed drug toxicity, with alpraz…
52y · Male·Hanging
…Gorrie Correctional Centre. He was not considered a suicide risk based on psychiatric assessment showing adjustment disorder with no psychotic features or suicidal ideation. McBride was housed in older-style cells contai…
38y · Male·asphyxiation by ligature
A 38-year-old man remanded in custody died by hanging in his prison cell. He faced serious criminal charges and had raised mental health concerns with prison clinicians, being prescribed antidepressants and antipsychotic…
63y · Male·acute blood loss due to self-inflicted sharp force incisional wounds of the thro…
A 63-year-old man with multiple chronic conditions including psoriatic arthritis, depression, prostate cancer, and recent dental issues died by self-inflicted sharp force wounds while on approved leave from a mental heal…
41y · Male·Hanging
A 41-year-old male prisoner with a history of depression died by suicide while incarcerated at Wolston Correctional Centre. He was appropriately assessed as low-risk for suicide on arrival and received psychiatric care a…
Male·thermal injuries (burns)
…gh the Psychological Support Program, including psychiatric review and monitoring. He was diagnosed with adjustment disorder related to prolonged detention, loss of his protection visa, and fear of deportation to Afghani…
35y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a fall from a height
…m Taiwan died by suicide via fall from an 18-storey apartment building. He had prior diagnoses of anxiety disorder, psychotic disorder, and adjustment disorder documented in Taiwan medical records, and had obtained presc…
25y · Female·multiple injuries
A 25-year-old woman with newly diagnosed metastatic gastro-oesophageal cancer and depression died by suicide on hospital grounds. She was admitted on 30 January 2021 after imaging showed cancer progression. Her sister di…
58y · Male·gunshot wounds
Senior Sergeant Michael James Isles, a 58-year-old Queensland police officer with 34 years of service, disappeared on 23 September 2009. He was the subject of corruption allegations (which proved unfounded), stood down f…
26y · Female·compression of the neck consequent upon hanging
Palma Castro, a 26-year-old woman with adjustment disorder and benzodiazepine dependence, died by hanging after two Emergency Department presentations wit…
36y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
This coronial investigation examined the deaths of Rajesh Osborne (age 36) and his three children Asia (12), Jairus (9), and Grace (7) from gunshot wounds on 10 April 2010. Rajesh intentionally shot his children before t…
39y · Male·COMPLICATIONS OF CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE
Drew Aaron Boaler, a 39-year-old man with severe intellectual disability, epilepsy, bipolar disorder, and chronic renal failure, died from complications of his renal disease while on an outing. He had presu…
21y · Male·heroin toxicity
…rs or preventable healthcare failures were identified. The death occurred in the context of substance use disorder and inadequately managed addiction despite available treatment.
37y · Male·hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy secondary to hanging
A 37-year-old man with depression, suicidal ideation, and antisocial personality disorder died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following hanging while on home detention bail. He had been ar…
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